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graphic video: a brutal attack on an asian american woman in new york city as the justice department takes steps to stop a growing wave of hate crimes. nearly $3 trillion infrastructure plan. what's in it, and who president biden wants to raise taxes on to pay for it. inside the child migrant crisis. cbs news goes into a texas border patrol facility built to hold only 250, now filled with more than 4,000. ( bagpipes ) final salute to a fallen hero. the emotional memorial service for a boulder police officer, eric talley, one of 10 people killed in last week's supermarket massacre. nationwide pet food recall: : wt you need to know to keep your dogs and cats safe. big n.f.l. announcement: the breaking news. and unifying america, a civil rights and culture lesson for kids disguised as a fun photo
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shoot. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with raw and at times emotional testimony in the murder trial of derek chauvin from the bystanders who watched the former minneapolis police officer kneel on george floyd's neck last year. tonight, for the first time,ng we're hearing from the young woman who recorded floyd's final moments alive and who now says she's haunted by his death. darnella frazier was just 17 years old when she posted her cell phone video to social media last year, sparking worldwide protests and a social justice movement. well, in court today, she brokee down in tears. frazier was one of six eyewitnesses called to the stand by prosecutors, many of whom cried as they laid out in painstaking detail the horror that they felt as they urged repeatedly officer chauvin to release floyd, one man saying he
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believed he was witnessing a murder. it really has been a day of stunning developments-- new evidence and some compelling testimony. cbs' jamie yuccas is following the trial and is going to lead off our coverage tonight from the courthouse in minneapolis. good evening, jamie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. today, the witnesses were diverse, from teenagers to a mixed martial artist, a nine-iaa nine-year-old, year-old, to a firefighter. it was a day prosecutors triedht to use their voices to humanize george floyd, while painting derek chauvin as cold and heartless. returning to the stand for a second day, donald williams, the mixed martial artist who witnessed george floyd's death. he says derek chauvin had floyd in a blood choke, a type o in a blood choke, a type of stranglehold that constricts blood flow. >> i did call the police. >> and why did you do that? >> because i believe i witnessed a murder. >> reporter: the prosecution played that 911 call.
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>> reporter: williams wiped away tears as he listened, his voice also captured on video, along with a growing number of bystanders pleading with officers. >> get off of his ( bleep ) neck, bro! get off of his neck! >> reporter: the defense focused on williams' behavior towards the officers that day.ou calledh >> after you called him a bum 13 times, you called him a ( bleep ) bum. >> that's what you heard? >> reporter: the prosecution's next witness: 18-year-old darnella frazier. she was 17 when she shot this now-infamous cell phone video. and she was among four witnesses today whose faces were not shown on camera because they were minors at the time of floyd's death. >> it wasn't right. he was... he was suffering. he was... in pain.n. >> re >> reporter: prosecutor jerry blackwell asked frazier how this has impacted her life.
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>> when i look at george floyd, i look at-- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles, because they are all black. it's been nights i stayed up apologizing... and... apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> reporter: frazier's nine- year-old cousin also testifying about what she saw. >> how did that affect you? >> i was sad and kind of mad. >> reporter: and late today, testimony from minneapolis firefighter and eyewitness genevieve hansen, trained to save lives, but she says prevented from doing so by the officers. >> were you frustrated? >> yes. >> reporter: at one point, more than half of the jurors were seen taking detailed note. tomorrow, the prosecution will
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likely start calling witnesses considered experts in their field to detail how chauvin's hold contributed to floyd's death. norah. >> odonnell: jamie yuccas, thank you. also tonight, the u.s. has surpassed 550,000 covid deaths, and cases are spiking again in more than half the country. infections among children are also on the rise. we get more now from cbs' omar villafranca. >> reporter: tonight, doctors warning the next covid surge is not on the horizon, it's already here. cases now rising in over half the country, 27 states, including new york, connecticut, and louisiana. nationwide, infections up double digits in last week compar digits in the last week compared to the one before. especially troubling: the rise in pediatric cases. in m michigan, perer-capita cocd cacases among 1010-19-year-o-ols rising f faster thanan any othee group, more than doubling in the past month. >> we're seeing the increase in transmission in young kids, particularly in the midwest and
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northeast right now, but it's just a matter of time before we see it go throughout the entire united states. unfortunately, we are going to see a rise in pediatric hospitalizations and serious illness. >> reporter: doctors saying the surge can be slowed if americans don't let their guard down and get vaccinated. >> we are almost at the finish line, but we're not there. >> reporter: today, the head of the c.d.c. talking with the nation's governors. >> i encouraged all governors to include a mask mandate in their states, and to the extent that states were not having a mask mand mandate, as we do have in massachusetts, i would ask citizens to mask, regardless of the mandate. >> reporter: but tonight, arkansas became the latest state to lift its mask mandate. >> it's an appropriate time to lift the statewide mask mandate. >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.s. and 13 other countries issuing a joint statement criticizing the world health organization's investigation in china about the origins of the coronavirus o outbreak, saying the study was
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significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples. and as the country continues the race to vaccinate, a number of temporary fema sites are set to close next month as the biden administration works to make retail pharmacies the main distribution point. >> at the time we opened the site, the vaccine was still limited. we weren't able to push it out to the local pharmacies, doctors offices, and so now we're seeing it more available. >> reporter: this site here in l.a. county has administered more than 269,000 doses in about a month and a half. and as more vaccine becomes available, a new poll shows more americans are willing to get the shot, most notably the black community. as many as 55% polled say they want to get vaccinated, and that's up 14 points since february. norah. >> o'donnell: cbs' omar villafranca, thank you. tonight, police in new york city are investigating another brutal assault on an asian american woman. a new survey finds one in four asian americans have experienced
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a hate incident. and we want to tell you about this warning. the video of this latest attack is disturbing. here's cbs' nancy chen. >> reporter: tonight, new video shows the violent attack on a 65-year-old asian american woman in new york. a man pushes the woman to the ground and repeatedly kicks her in broad daylight. from another angle, building staff members watched the attack. one closes the door, both now suspended. >> absolutely disgusting and outrageous video of an asian woman being attacked by someonee full of hate. >> reporter: tonight, the woman still in the hospital. the n.y.p.d. searching for the suspect. this, just the latest in a string of violent attacks on asian americans across the country. more than 3,700 hate incidents reported since the start of the pandemic, leading to protesters rallying across the country demanding change. >> our community is feeling that fear, is feeling that sense of dread about even going outside. and no american, no person
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should be made to feel that way. >> reporter: representative andy kim tweeted about his five-year- old son's experience with bullying, writing that another kid called him "chinese boy." "my son, confused, told the boy 'i'm a new jersey boy'." >> i know it's not last time he's going to have this kind of encounter of racism. i want to find a way to prepare him, and that's what i was trying to convey in that post is how do we talk about this? how do we share this? how do we prepare ourselves for this? >> reporter: and today, the justice department announcing expedited review of how these cases are handled, sending a memo to every employee, the attorney general is making this a top priority. norah. >> o'donnell: nancy chen, thank you. and a programming note: cbs news will have a special report "asian americans, battling bias, continuing crisis." that's tomorrow night on our streaming network, cbsn. now to the crisis on the border. tonight more than 18,000 migrant children are in u.s. custody.
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today, reporters were allowed inside a crowded facility in donna, texas, that was set up to handle the overflow of children. we have more now from cbs' mireya villarreal. >> reporter: inside this processing facility run by border patrol, plastic pods have become an overcrowded purgatory for migrants waiting to seek asylum. >> h.h.s. does not have the adequate beds to be able to take on all of these kids. >> reporter: there are roughly 4,100 people here, 17 times what the facility was built to hold. more than half are unaccompanied children. they all sleep on the floor, some with mats and others with foil blankets. >> i'm a father. i don't want to see that. as a border patrol agent, i didn't sign up for this. >> reporter: are you worried that this will get worse? >> of course. of course i am. >> reporter: factors are attracting more migrants to the border, where the deputy predicts overall a record- breaking year.
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>> based about what we've already apprehended and looking at what's remaining in the fiscal year, that we will have approximately a million apprehensions or encounters this year. >> reporter: jakeline perez crossed the river this morning, with her two-month-old baby, despite the dangers. "we do it out of necessity. otherwise we wouldn't come here," she says. she left guatemala to come to the united states and will likely end up in the donna facility. this is where the smallest children stay. somehow, they crossed into the u.s. alone. now awaiting their fate in a tiny space, never meant for children. >> o'donnell: and mireya joins us now. you were inside today, you were also there a few weeks ago. how has it changed? >> reporter: well, you know, two weeks ago, there were two tents here run by border patrol, but today this is a massive construction site. we counted at least six new tents going up, and sources tell us they do belong to health and human services. and we're being told, also, that
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they could open up a temporary shelter here very soon. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, mireya villarreal, thank you. some other news, president biden today extended the program that helps businesses keep paying their workers during thehe pandemic. tomorrow, the president unveils a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. cbs' nancy cordes joins us now from the white house. and, nancy, what do we know about this infrastructure plan? >> reporter: norah, we are talking about a $2-3 trillion spending bill on everything from roads to bridges to broadband, rail, ports, even the electrical grid. and the white house wants to pay for all of it with tax increases, both corporate taxtax hikes and hikes on the wealthiest americans. essentially, they're looking to roll back the trump tax cuts that were passed in 2017. alread and so, they're already facing stiff opposition from republicans. >> o'donnell: some big tax hikes ahead. also, the president today announcing his first slate of judicial nominees today, including some very historic picks, right? >> reporter: right.
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he made his choices with an eye towards diversifying the federal bench. and so, of the 11 nominees announced today, there are four african american women, an asian american woman, and a man who would be the first muslim american federal judge in u.s. history, norah. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, thank you. we turn now to an emotional scene in colorado today as hundreds of officers gave a final salute to boulder police officer eric talley, one of 10 people killed in last week's supermarket massacre. here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: flashing lights for miles, a solemn procession of grief. in and around boulder, people pausing to honor a fallen hero. ( bagpipes ) from eric talley's fellow officers flanking the casket, to law enforcement from across the country, saluting his service, heartfelt tributes to a public servant, husband, and dad.
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>> be proud of your father. he is a hero. he lived his life through god t he lived his life through god to be a role model for you. ♪ i'm going to be like you, dad ♪ >> reporter: and a first look at tally with his family, photos with his wife and children ♪ and the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon ♪ >> reporter: pictures of pure joy set to music during the memorial. ( ♪"amazing grace" on bagpipes♪ ) the family asking not to be photographed today, providing a poem his now seven fatherless children wrote for him on christmas of 2019. >> it's called "our unsung hero." >> reporter: the words read by father daniel nolan, now prophetic. >> dad, our unsung hero, you daily risk your life at work to guard and care for the welfare of the needy. oh, our praises could never be enough. >> reporter: the thousands of tributes that continue to be placed here at the king soopers will be preserved, authorities say, potentially for a future memorial.
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and this store will reopen potentially in a couple ofl reon potentially in a couple of months. he says it's important for the months. he says it's important for the community to reclaim this space. norah. >> o'donnell: still thinking of his children and his family. janet shamlian, thank you. and there is still much more news ahead right here on tonight's "cbs evening news." an outbreak of wildfires sends hundreds of people scrambling from their homes. also, a nationwide pet food recall, several major brands could be contaminated with salmonella. what you need to know. and the big announcement from the n.f.l. tonight. the change that will have fans cheering even longer.
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set your dvr so you can watch us later. that is tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. see you back here tomorrow. good night. ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. for years now, a company called boston dynamics has been working to make machines that can handle the tough tasks needed to run a warehouse. but there's another side of the company devoted to making life like robots that can run, jump, and even dance. anderson cooper and the 60 minutes cameras were invited inside to witness the next generation of robotic technology. >> from the outside, boston
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dynamics headquarters looks pretty normal. inside, however, it's anything but. if willie wonka made robots his work shop may look something like this. there are robots in corridors, offices and kennels. they trot and dance and whi are rl in the 200 or so human robotosits who build and often break them barely bat an eye. that is atlas. the most human looking robot they have made. it's nearly 5 feet tall and programmed to run, leap and spin like an automated acrobat. mark raburn, the founder and chairman of boston dynamics doesn't like to play favorites but definitely has a soft spot tore atlas. >> here is a bit of a jump. >> i mean, that is incredible. >> atlas is not doing it all on
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its own. technician brian holings worth is steering it with this remote control. but the robot software allows it to make key decisions. >> really the robot is doing its own balance and scroll. brian is just steering it and telling it what speed and direction. the computers are directing the legs and applying force to keep it balanced. >> it has sensor and a gyroscope and three on board computers. it was built to be pushed around. >> push it more. it's just trying to keep its balance. you know, just you will if i push you. >> and you can push it in any direction. you can push it from the side. >> making machines that can stay up right on their own and move through the world with the ease of an animal or human has been an obsession of mark raburn's for 40 years. the space and time you have been work enging
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